South African Neurosurgical Patient Management Survey

Ear-invading arthropods: a South African survey.

Central Pain: a Neurosurgical Survey

NEUROSURGICAL SURVEY. By Valentino Cassinari and Carlo A. Pagni. (Pp. xi+ 192. 63s). Harvard University Press (Dist. in Great Britain by Oxford University Press, London), 1969. THIS book is a synopsis of world literature and personal experience of the authors in the problems of physiopathogenesis and treatment of central pain. The opening chapter reviews knowledge and theories concerning the pa...

Observation of the neurosurgical patient.

Pasiëntewaarneming is een van die belangrikste funksies van die neurochirurgiese verpleegkundige. Dit behels nie alleen akkurate neem en notering van waarnemings nie, maar ook die intelligente interpretering daarvan om sodoende enige verandering in die pasiënt se toestand te diagnoseer. Waarnemings in neurochirurgiese verpleging sluit beide neurologiese en algemene waarnemings in. Die belangrik...

South African Capital Structure Decisions: A Survey of Listed Companies

This paper explores the factors that influence capital structure decisions in South Africa from the perspective of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The results of a survey of 33 CFOs of JSE listed companies find that South African CFOs are equally likely to follow the Pecking Order or Static Trade-Off theories. However, smaller companies are more likely to follow the Pecking Order theory whil...

Neurosurgical Management of Gliomas

Gliomas are the commonest brain tumours. They are tumours derived from the three most common glial cells, the astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and ependymal cells, with each cell type giving rise to its named tumour i.e. astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma and ependymoma. Other less abundant glial cells give rise to rarer tumours e.g. subependymal astrocytes leading to subependymoma. Table 1 summarises ...